CHAPTER 124. SUBMETERING TO MOBILE HOME PARKS AND APARTMENT HOUSES
UTILITIES CODE
TITLE 3. GAS REGULATION
SUBTITLE B. REGULATION OF TRANSPORTATION AND USE
CHAPTER 124. SUBMETERING TO MOBILE HOME PARKS AND APARTMENT
HOUSES
Sec. 124.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Apartment house" means one or more buildings containing
more than five dwelling units each of which is rented primarily
for nontransient use with rent paid at intervals of one week or
longer. The term includes a rented or owner-occupied residential
condominium.
(2) "Dwelling unit" means:
(A) one or more rooms that are suitable for occupancy as a
residence and that contain kitchen and bathroom facilities; or
(B) a mobile home in a mobile home park.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Sec. 124.002. SUBMETERING. (a) The railroad commission shall
adopt rules under which an owner, operator, or manager of a
mobile home park or apartment house may purchase natural gas
through a master meter for delivery to a dwelling unit in the
mobile home park or apartment house using individual submeters to
allocate fairly the cost of the gas consumption of each dwelling
unit.
(b) In addition to other appropriate safeguards for a resident
of a mobile home park or apartment house, the rules must provide
that the owner, operator, or manager of the mobile home park or
apartment house:
(1) may not deliver natural gas for sale or resale for profit;
and
(2) shall maintain adequate records relating to that submetering
and make those records available for inspection by the resident
during reasonable business hours.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.